On Monday, Boost Mobile launched their new GPS-based games, Swordfish and Torpedo Bay by Blister Entertainment. According to the article, “Starting today, Boost customers are the first and only mobile phone users in the nation to be able to download and play location-based GPS (Global Positioning System) games on their wireless phones.”
Daily Archives: August 16, 2005
Big Roman Dig GIS
This is an article from Geoplace about the Time Team and its use of GIS to map Roman sites in Britain
Amazon.com Unveils Photo-Mapping Service – Yahoo! News
Amazon’s A9 search engine couldn’t be left behind of course. They have had their block views for over a year now and they make one of the best examples of spatial multimedia out there without being attachment to a map. Head over to http://maps.a9.com/ to take a look and check out the press release link below.
Techdirt:Who Knew Online Maps Would Be Such A Big Deal?
I believe this question mirrors most everyone’s sentiments.
Neave Lab › Flash Earth
1 part Google Maps, 1 part MSN Virtual Earth, and a heaping helping of Flash. This is a great front end for all the data available through these new sites.





